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24 Texas Historical A association Quarterly.founded by the Zacatecas friars, with Fray Antonio Margil deJesus as president. Of the six missions already mentioned, three,namely, Concepci6n, San Miguel de Linares, and Nuestra Sefiorade Guadalupe, were placed in his charge. Of the other three, andof all others that should be established by the Queretaro friars,Fray Isidoro Felix de Espinosa was made president. It was agreedbetween the two presidents that each religious fraternity shoulddraw its converts from the tribes in its own immediate territory,that there might be no conflict.An Indian captain general was chosen by the community ofIndians for each mission, and his election approved by CaptainRamon. In like manner a governor and an alcalde were chosenfor each pueblo; a treasurer was appointed from the friarsat each mission; and a garrison was left for the protection of eachestablishment. Thus a sort of polity was created under Spanishcontrol. The motive was not more religious than political. Herewere six missionary settlements planted in the heart of the Indiancountry. They were widely separated, and each stood in the centerof a populous tribe. Thus the Spaniards endeavored to occupy andcontrol as much territory as possible. They could not, of course,expect with a few scattered and feeble garrisons to resist a deter-mined advance of the French; but they could, from their severalposts, maintain a watch upon their enemies, and keep the homegovernment informed of their movements. And in the meantimethe work of converting the natives to the Christian religion andthe Spanish allegiance could go on. Within reach of the missionswere some four or five thousand Indians. To convert these, and todiscipline them so that they might be effectively employed, in theevent of a conflict with their rivals, was the task the Spanish priestsand soldiers set themselves to accomplish.Here, .for the present, the narrative must end. It was my pur-pose to trace the history of this second missionary impulse only tothe founding of the missions, and to indicate the motives, both ofthe French and the Spanish, which contributed to secure theirestablishment. The significant facts may be briefly summarized byway of conclusion. The Saint-Denis expedition, from the view-point of the French, was a business enterprise growing out of thecommercial policy of Antoine Crozat and his agent, Cadillac; itwas in no sense military or political, but sought merely to secure